The high-school path of young, sprightly Sherri Stoner must have seemed fated from the moment her name was first called out in that initial freshman-year homeroom. Here was a girl destined to smoke out every day, drop out, drop a pair of kids with different fathers, and spend the remainder of her days watching daytime TV and cursing the mailman for being late with her check. But Sherri Stoner defied all expectations, rising to the challenge imposed by her moniker and establishing herself...